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I'm no longer homeless - I've been in a subsidized apartment for a year.
The program is called "Permanent Assistive Housing". That means I could live here for the rest of my life without paying a dime. Ultimately the cost is borne by the American Taxpayer through the Federal Housing And Urban Development Administration.
However I have a really good consulting client. I cancelled my food stamps a couple months ago. I no longer have Medicare - last month was my first month of paying for Obamacare.
Because my income is very uneven, the agency which got me the housing - Community Services Northwest is waiting until August before I'm responsible for paying the rent.
Should I be out of work again, the American Taxpayer will pick up the tab.
I presently have five grand in the bank. I figured I'd spread the love by subscribing here. I'm also going to subscribe to Radio Paradise.
I expect to donate some to the Portland homeless shelters that kept me out of the rain and snow, but haven't decided yet how much to give them.
Unfortunately I've got to find a new shrink. Molina's health insurance won't pay for CSNW's Program for Assertive Community Treatment. My understanding is that the PACT Team is for the extra-special crazies. I've always wanted that feeling of belonging to something.
I expect Molina will cover a once per month visit to a psychiatrist. I'm doing well these days; once per month for a medication adjustment should be just fine.
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 29 2017, @01:05AM (2 children)
Congratulations on finding work. Yet I feel compelled to ask, did you bring enough jobs for the rest of the class? Of course you didn't.
You talk a lot. I am completely convinced your gregarious sociable nature is the sole source of your success.
As a reticent introvert who doesn't brag about every little detail of my solitary life of involuntary joblessness, I wonder, where the fuck is a job for me in this shithole of a cuntry?
Oh that's right, there's nothing for me. I'm not a professional bullshitter like MDC.
Keep crowing, Crowfard! You'll crow far!
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 29 2017, @01:23AM
"Things aren't as happy as they used to be down here at the unemployment office. Joblessness is no longer just for STEM majors. Useful people are starting to feel the pinch."
"I haven't been able to find a job in six years."
"And what training do you have?"
"Five years of shitposting. Six years of trolling."
(Score: 2, Insightful) by khallow on Thursday June 01 2017, @03:34AM
I gather like the rest of us, you have a brain. Now brains don't always work the way we'd like, but they are still remarkably powerful and resilient things. Perhaps, instead of shit posting to SN, you could figure out how to use that brain to find jobs and other things you want? You know, leverage millions of years of evolution and all that. So instead of endlessly complaining that you can't find a job, you use that brain to find a job. If you don't like MDC's alleged "bullshitter" approach, then use that brain in addition to find an approach that doesn't compromise your principles?
There are probably hundreds of millions of reticent introverts out there. Most of them have figured something out. Maybe you should too.